Workstation SVC will not start automatically, but starts manually

Experts,

I am running Windows 2003 Server SP2, and on this machine, I

cannot get the Workstation service to start automatically (thoug the

service is set to start automatically). Once the machine boots up, I

can log in and start the service from the services panel manually

without any problems. I checked the dependencies, and this service is

not dependent on any other service. Understandably, other services

that are dependent on Workstation do not start up either. The Error

log lists the following two entries:

Event Type: Error

Event Source: Service Control Manager

Event Category: None

Event ID: 7009

Date: 8/6/2008

Time: 10:12:12 AM

User: N/A

Computer: RAJLAP1

Description:

Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for the Workstation service to

connect.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

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Event Type: Error

Event Source: Service Control Manager

Event Category: None

Event ID: 7000

Date: 8/6/2008

Time: 10:12:12 AM

User: N/A

Computer: RAJLAP1

Description:

The Workstation service failed to start due to the following error:

The service did not respond to the start or control request in a

timely fashion.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

These entries do not give me any clue on where to look. Any and all

help greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Raj.